Israel-Czech Rep. Joint Innovation Projects

Summary:

Participating Agencies

Israel Innovation Authority

Technology Agency of the Czech Republic

Program Description

This call is announced within the framework of the Bilateral Cooperation for the Support of Industrial Research and Development in the Private Sector. In this call, we invite consortia to submit collaboration projects covering areas of mutual interest with a strong market potential in both Israel and the Czech Rep.

Funding

The support offered is detailed in the incentive program for R&D with International Partners

Criteria

The project will be evaluated under four main criteria:

• Impact
  • Is the market properly addressed in terms of size, access and risk?
  • Is the value creation in terms of growth, employment, environmental and societal benefits properly addressed
  • What would be the competitive advantages resulting from the project?
  • Are the commercialization plans (market and implementation plan) clear and realistic?
• Excellence
  • What is the degree of innovation?
    • The innovation aspect of a project must go beyond the international state of the art.
  • How is the new knowledge going to be used?
  • Is the project scientifically and technically challenging for the partners?
  • Are technical achievability & risks conveniently addressed?
• Project Quality
  • Is the scope of the project clear and well defined?
  • Are project goals & milestones well-planned, realistic and clearly defined?
  • Is the cost structure reasonable?
  • Are the proposed procedures and resources justified?
• Project Consortia & efficiency of the implementation
  • Does the consortia have complementary excellence and expertise?
  • Is there added value through international co-operation?
  • Management ability to successfully carry out the project and implement the results?
  • Mutual advancement of R&D through transfer of knowledge and expertise.

Application Process